Toy and amusement device.



S. H. WEILMAN.

TOY AND AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20.1917.

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SAMUEL H. WEILMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY AND AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. l/VEILMAN, or New York city, N. Y., haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy and AmusementDevices, of which the following is a specification.

l have aimed to develop an amusement device which will appeal to thepublic generally, and I have designated the device in its various formsby the arbitrarily selected term or expression of Kan the Kaiser as itincludes a representation of the Kaiser, which is raised into view anddisappears through the action of a ball which trips suitable mechanism.

1 may make the device in two forms, one to be used as a relatively smalltoy by children in the home, or in the shape of an amusement device on alarger scale for use in public Places.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 have shown in Figure 1 the toy form ofthe device, while in,

Fig. 2 I have shown it as adapted for public places.

Appropriate to the designation Kan the Kaiser I have shown in Fig. 1 acan a which may be made of metal or card board or wood with an open topand bottom, the bottom being formed with openings 1) through which aball 0 may be shot. Centrally of the can or cylinder 1 suspend a cup (Zhaving a raised center e, this cup having a dependent portion 7 which isin line with the openings 6 and when the ball 0 passes through one ofthe openings with suflicient force it will come in contact with thedependent part f of the cup 0? and displace a ball it connected by acord or wire ito a rod is which extends rearwardly from a slab of metalor wood m cut to conform to the shape of a human body and depicting uponits front face the representation of the Kaiser. This slab is pivotedatn ofi" from the center which keeps the slab m normally in an uprightposition with the rep resentation of the Kaiser showing above the edgeof the can. The cup 65 1s supported by Specification of Letters Patent.Fa her and lFqgh, 2%, twi

Application filed lfuly 20, 1917.

Serial No. 181,842.

chains or cords 0 to a cross-rod 11. When the ball 0 is thrown withsufficient accuracy to enter the opening 6 it will come in contact withthe dependent part f swinging the cup 03 to displace the ball it andcause this ball to fall into the depressed part of the cup with theresult that the weight of the ball will depress the rod is and pull theslab m rearwardly and as soon as it passes beyond the pivot end it willfall quickly within the can and disappear from the sight of theobserver. lt may be restored to position and the game continued.

Instead of having this in miniature it may be made on a very much largerscale and the structure which contains the figure may be made in theform of a fort with guns protruding, and in this case an opening is madeas shown at b, the ball being shown at 0, and just inside the wall thereis a disk 7" depending from a rod 71 pivoted at 0% its upper end beingheaded as at 0 and being engaged by the forked inner end of a weightedlever 39, the slab m carrying the representation of the Kaiser as in thefirst form. As the ball is thrown through the port it hits the disk 7and releases the upper end of the lever '5 from the forked end oi theweighted lever 39 with the result that the overweighted slab fallsrearwardly and disappears.

I do not limitmyself as to the details oi construction nor to theparticular form in which the parts are to appear as these may bechanged.

l/Vhat I claim is A toy or amusement device comprising a structure, aslab pivoted within said structure, a movable weight connected to saidslab tending normally to hold it upright, a cup shaped support for saidweight havin a raised center for retaining the weight W en the slab isin its normal position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I a'ffix my signature.

SAMU EL H. WEILMAN.

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